新视野大学英语听说教程3-unit8.ppt

there can be two mes. I mean thats really strange. But I think it has a lot of good sides and at least we have to be open for the good things that can be brought by cloning. Hi, Im Betsy and Im from Hong Kong. Today Im going to talk to you about Hong Kongs attitude toward genetic engineering, especially on cloning. I think most of my Hong Kong friends would disagree with, uh, reproductive cloning, because in the Chinese culture, um, we think the bloodline and family lineage is very important, so if you are able clone somebody, um, using technology it seems like it really, um, disrespects this tradition. So, but on the other hand, now you see a lot of genetically modified food, which are very welcomed by the Hong Kong people. Because it would, you know, improves our eating habits and improves our health. But I think, cloning wise, for reproductive purposes, um, is not Audio Script 听力原文 Story: Different Views on Human Cloning Hello, my name is Terry. Im from the state of Indiana in the US. and Im talking about troubling over genetic doubling, which is basically a subject of genetic engineering, um, which is a very hot topic right now, although its been a practice for centuries. Every breed of dog that we have has been engineered, in a sense, because they were bred to preserve certain rates, uh, traits, I mean, um, and thats why we have the specific dogs that weve got. So, basically, we have been doing this throughout human history except now we seem to be taking it to a next level. Where it is being more controlled by science, and because of history I would say Ive got no problem with the idea of genetic engineering as long as processes are keeping held in a natural form. I say once things are being forced to do things that are un-natural under, in the other circumstances that would be definitely troubling. Audio Script 听力原文 Story: Different Views on Human Cloning Hi, my name is Andrew and I come from Canada and Im gonna talk to you today about, uh, genet